Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 38 (Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: September 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780120405381
Subjects: Medical genetics; Science; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Organic; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Chemistry - Clinical
First sentence: Neuropathie pain is characterized by abnormal pain sensations, including spontaneous pain, hyperalgesia (i.e., increased sensitivity to a noxious stimulus) and allodynia (i.e., increased sensitivity to a non-noxious stimulus) that typically lack an apparent physiologic function.